After-Christmas Bargains

Don’t think that I’m skipping over Christmas, because I’m not . But, I wanted you to start thinking about the sales after Christmas.

• Christmas items – You can usually get good discounts on wrapping paper, gift labels, Christmas cards, Christmas decorations in the after-Christmas sales. I usually buy all my materials for the next year after Christmas. I think I’m good for next year, so I probably won’t buy any more. I may purchase an ornament for the boys’ stockings next year if I see a good one.

• Christmas Specialty Items – Places like Yankee Candle usually have a sale after Christmas on items such as candles that are usually Christmas scents – like Christmas cookies, etc.

• Clearanced toys – The after-Christmas sales are a great time to stock up on birthday presents for all the birthday parties your kids are invited to throughout the year. You can get some great deals on toys (and their friends will never know how little you paid).

• Sales for spending your gift cards – If you received gift cards for Christmas, many of the stores have sales to entice you to go in and spend them now (they can’t claim the gift card money as income until the money has been used to purchase an item). Here’s an article with a list of stores with good sales after-Christmas.

Can you think of any other items that are great for stocking up on after Christmas?